Damn Frenchman, damn Napoleon III, a country bumpkin who was willing to hug the thighs of the Holy See for the throne, Xiao Yungui cursed in his heart, but he still smiled and said, "Minister Blombul, when it comes to the origin of Christianity and our China, it has grown. In fact, as early as the Song Dynasty, Christianity traveled across the ocean to Middle Earth. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, countless missionaries came to Middle Earth to preach, but do you know why Christianity and Catholicism were not widely spread in Middle Earth?"

Blombl was not a missionary and had not considered this issue. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why is this?"

Xiao Yungui said slowly: "This is because there are many things in the doctrines passed down from the Holy See that are inconsistent with the traditions and cultures of our Chinese for thousands of years, so most people cannot accept them."

Hong Yuner and Xiao Yungui have conducted in-depth discussions on how to solve the doctrine problem. They always feel that if the ancient brain of worshipping the God Church was removed, the belief that supported the Taiping Army for a long time would collapse. The Taiping Army in the West Palace has begun to quietly reshape the layout of faith. From collecting Confucian classics before the Ming Dynasty to publishing the "Yangzhou Ten Ri Ji", from Xiao Yungui constantly mentioning the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty on various occasions to protecting the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er plan to transfer the belief of worshipping the God Church to the great principle of national rejuvenation, and gradually weakening the worshipping the God Church into the fifth doctrine outside of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and Islam...

In this subtle process, Xiao Yungui had deliberately reduced attendances, prayer before the war, and even seldom participated in the post-war sacrificial ceremony. This is one of the reasons why he did not enter the city after conquering Shanghai this time. He wanted to slowly separate the affairs of politics and religion in the Taiping Army of the West Hall, and gradually formed an atmosphere of faith in the Taiping Army of the West Hall. Although most of the Taiping Army of the West Hall still believed in the worship of God, the West Hall was acquiescent from the acquiescence of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. It made people feel that the West Hall did not exclude other doctrines, and the soldiers also began to respect their personal beliefs in the process of protecting other doctrines such as Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

In the Taiping Army in the West Palace, Zuo Zongtang, Li Shourong, Wang Kaiyun, Zhu Changlin, Wei Helin and others did not believe in the worship of God. Zhao Shunping, Zhou Lichun and others who joined did not believe in the worship of God. However, these people, like the old brothers who believed in the worship of God, were fighting for the kingdom of heaven and killing the Qing demons side by side. Therefore, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner felt that they could not control the entire army with faith and doctrine, and the belief in military and political must be the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty.

Just like in later history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always regarded the great powers who have similar beliefs as foreign brothers, but the great powers did not regard the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as their own people at all. On the contrary, they helped the manchu Qing Dynasty to encircle and suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with different beliefs. Historically, it was believed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was disapproved by the great powers because of its absurd and superstitious doctrine, and that it was not recognized by the great powers. In fact, in the eyes of Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner, it was not the case. Christianity, Catholicism, and religion were originally numerous, so

Even Judaism is actually a branch. Although there are many Chinese-style things in the doctrine of God worship. Moreover, the anti-Trinity doctrine proposed by Hong Xiuquan was not first created by the leader of the Hong Cult. Foreigners themselves have said this for a long time. Although several sects have had deep grievances. Wars broke out in history. However, after the Renaissance and since the 19th century, the great powers rarely launched wars on doctrines, and the fundamental reason for the war was actually national interests.

Xiao Yungui did not want such a confused cognition in the Ri Hou army, believing that those who believe in the same doctrine would not be the enemy, which is a very dangerous and confusing thing. Therefore, the Taiping Army of the West Palace began to silently replace the role of doctrine in military and political affairs with the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner also considered using the worship of God to establish a good relationship with foreigners. As long as the Holy See admitted that worship of God is a religion, the two felt that the great powers would not have too much trouble on the issue of doctrine.

Hong Yuner is already preparing to adjust some doctrines, removing some of the things that Hong's own personal worship added to the worship of God's Church, forming the doctrine of the Taiping Army in the West Hall. Hong Yuner calls this doctrine Taiping Christianity. Many of the things in this doctrine inherit the traditional Chinese culture and habits, such as allowing the church to worship ancestors, respect for Confucianism, worship the heaven and earth, etc., but the two also had disputes about some of these issues, such as Christianity advocates monogamy, and Xiao Yungui fiercely opposed it. In the end, Hong Yuner could not resist him, and this one was not mentioned according to the old Chinese customs, etc.

Regarding opposing monogamy, Xiao Yungui, a shameless person, has many reasons for being high-sounding. One of the important reasons is that there are still civil wars in China. I don’t know how many men will die. If monogamy is advocated, many women will not find their husbands. Just like in France after the war in later generations, many young women in China could only be nuns alone for a lifetime. The reason is that their doctrines and laws stipulate monogamy. Since Xiao Yungui said this, Hong Yun'er was not easy to object.

It is also very beneficial to eliminate the huge influence of Master Hong in the doctrine, which is very beneficial to Xiao Yungui's own control of the entire army. Although this requires a certain risk, Xiao Yungui felt it worth it. After conquering southern Jiangsu, Xiao Yungui had already planned to reorganize the army. An important part of the reorganization of the army is the transformation of the doctrine of the worship of God in the army. However, after he and Hong Yuner returned from Tianjing, he did not want to overstimulate the two big bosses in Tianjing. So at this time, Xiao Yungui did not want to have more Western missionaries to come to the mainland to influence his transformation.

Nebulbul and several ministers and consuls, after hearing Xiao Yungui's words, began to discuss. Xiao Yungui continued: "In fact, you should note the advantages of the spread of Christian sects near Shanghai. During the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, the Holy See once ordered the Middle Land to convert according to orthodox doctrines because of the excessive tolerance of the teachings. The prohibition of worshiping ancestors and respecting Confucians actually touched the traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, the Qing emperor ordered the ban on religion at that time. When our Taiping Army was on the rise, many people believed in this doctrine.

It is because our Heavenly King has made some modifications to the doctrine, so that the doctrine can be well integrated with Chinese traditional culture and accepted by the general public. For example, God, in our Middle-earth, said that the Emperor of Heaven was the Emperor of Heaven. As early as in ancient times, our people began to worship. The Emperor of Heaven was the Creator of all. This is the same as God. We let the Chinese people understand that God is not a Western God, but a common creator of the world. Only in this way can we believe in this doctrine, so we believe in a kind of Christianity suitable for China."

Blombur seemed to understand: "His Honor of the West means that your army believes in a sect similar to Christianity?"

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Quanzhong, we believe that since human rights are naturally given, everyone has faith and ziyou who retain their traditional culture. I believe that the constitutions of all countries recognize this."

Blombour couldn't speak. Although most people in France believed in God, they also believed in Christianity, Catholicism, Orthodoxism, religion and other tribes, as well as citizens who believed in Judaism and Islam. France does recognize its beliefs. The same is true for Britain and the United States, a country that claims to be invincible. The doctrines under its rule are diverse, and the United States itself is an immigrant country. It is inclusive.

After a moment of silence, Blombul said, "Since this is the case, the King of the West should also allow missionaries from other sects to enter the mainland to preach."

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "The time for preaching other sects is not yet ripe. Our Taiping Christianity is already sorting out the complete doctrine theory, and at the same time, we will sort out the voices of the believers. We will wait for the appropriate time to go to the Western Holy See to meet His Excellency the Archbishop and conduct a doctrine exchange and discussion between China and the West. We hope that the Holy See can recognize our religion and finally determine the missionary affairs of other sects. It seems appropriate to send missionaries from the Holy See."

The ministers of several countries understood Xiao Yungui's intention, and what he said about communication and discussion was purely nonsense. Xiao Yungui's purpose was to control the missionary rights in this area and bargain with the Holy See. As long as the Holy See recognized the law of religion, Xiao Yungui would agree to other sects to preach in his controlled areas. Once he obtained the permission of the Holy See, the great powers could no longer make any small moves using doctrine as an excuse.

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner did plan this way. After completing the transformation of Taiping Christianity, they would send a priesthood composed of officials to the Western Holy See Archbishop and Pope, and by raising some money and exchanging missionary rights in exchange for recognition from the Western Holy See. In the future, Taiping Christianity will become a legitimate branch of Christianity and will not be criticized for why the cult. Correcting Taiping Christianity is also a legitimate name for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it can also resolve some problems of Western doctrine invasion. At that time, Xiao Yungui believes that most Chinese people will only choose Taiping Christianity created by the Chinese people themselves, rather than choose other sects.

Blombl couldn't turn it around and said hesitantly: "This, this doesn't seem to be appropriate."

Xiao Yungui laughed and said, "The treaties signed by various countries with the Qing Dynasty. I have already said that our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom agreed to these treaties and agreed to maintain the original vested interests of each country. The missionary rights are also clearly written in the treaty. The missionary scope of missionaries of various countries is only in the trading ports. The French minister wanted to expand the missionary rights, but I just said that the time was not right and did not refuse. Mr. Blombur, during this war, I did not want the missionaries of various countries to go deep into the mainland and encounter wars, so why should we all maintain the status quo?"

Blombul could speak, but he said unwillingly: "Then we hope to build a church in Shanghai."

Xiao Yungui said without thinking: "Yes, that's fine. I want to build more church schools and church hospitals."

Wen Han was unwilling to give up and mentioned the issue of restoring order and subsequent customs tariffs. "His Excellency Xiwang, our British hope that your army will be exposed to the blockade at Wusongkou, and clear the shipwrecks in the Huangpu River and other rivers, send people to take over the customs, and end the state of Shanghai. This is the key to restoring order and trade."

Xiao Yun rushed back angrily: "Lord Wenhan, I just captured Shanghai in the morning, and there are still many remaining enemies that have not been wiped out. Do you think I am a god? But don't worry, there will be some zhèngfu institutions in Shanghai within the next five days. It will take time for the opening of Wusongkou. My navy has already headed to Chongming Island. As long as the Qing army on Chongming Island is wiped out, the blockade of Wusongkou can be lifted."

The two sides raised the problems they faced one by one in the form of quarrels and resolved them in the repeated quarrels. Although the quarrels were constantly quarrels, both sides kept the bottom line under the circumstances of returning to the original state and discussed and resolved it. There was no big obstacle. But in the end, Masali asked something, which almost made the ambassadors of Britain and the United States almost turned against Xiao Yungui.

At the end of the conversation, Masali suddenly asked: "May I ask, Mr. Xi, where is Wu Jianzhang, Shanghai Road, after the Shanghai City was captured?" To be continued...)
Chapter completed!